Paper box.



Painted l an.-30, I900.

M. J. KANE.

PAPER BOX.

(Appfication filed Sept. 25, 1599.)

(No Model.)

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Uetrrm) STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MICHAEL J. KANE, OF ST. PAUL, lllINNESO'lA.

bAPER BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 642,128, dated January30, 1900.

I Application filed September 25, 1899. Serial No. 7 (N0 model-3 Tn willwhom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL J. KANE, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper Boxes; and Ido doclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in folding boxes, and has especialreference to boxes made of paper and pasteboard.

The object of the invention is to provide a cheap folding box of sosimple a construction that it may be easily and quickly knocked down andsetup by any ordinary person, even unskilled clerks or assistants. Thisobject I attain by the novel construction and arrangement of partsillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is aperspective view of my improved box, made of pasteboard. Fig. 2 is abottom view of Fig. 1 slightly modified. Fig. 3 is a side view of Fig. Iknocked down with bottom folded out or downward. Fig. 4 is the same asFig. 3, but the sides G are folded inward. Fig. 5 is Fig. 2 with bottomfolded in or upward. Fig. 6 is Fig.- 2 with bottom folded out ordownward. Fig. 7 are blanks of body and bottom of box slightlyseparated.

Fig. S is a modification of Fig. 7 and eorre-,

sponds to Figs. 1, 3, and 4.

Referring to the drawings by letters of reference, Adesignates the coverof the box, and as it is of common construction, either plain orfolding, as may be desired, it is shown only in Fig. 1 and needs nofurther description.

B is the bottom of the box. It may be a plain four-cornered piece, as inFig. 7, with a central folding crease or joint 0, or it may have twoopposite flaps D D, Fig. 8, or oven four such flaps, including thosemarked E E in said Fig. 8.

The body of the box, which may be made in one or two or more pieces andpasted together in any desired manner, comprises two opposi to solidsides F l" and two opposite sides (l (l, with vertical central foldingcreases, in-

cisions, or joints 0 falling in line with the central crease C in thebottom and in the flaps E, which may follow the sides G, as in Figs. 2,5, 6, and 7. My preferred style is that shown in Fig. 7, where it willbe seen that the box is built by pasting the ends I and J of the body-blank together and then pasting the bottom with its edges II H uponthe flaps E of the bod y-blank. The bottom may then be folded outward,as in Fig. (i, or inward, as in Fig. 5, and the sides G maybe foldedoutward, as in Fig. 5, or inward, as in Fig. 4, and when the box is setup it is simply opened to as sume its normal shape, the flaps E are bentinward, as in Fig. 2, to stiffen and support the adjacent edges of thebottom and of the folding sides G, and the flaps are secured in thatposition by the tape K, which is inserted in the slits L in the bottom,traverses the in ner side of the bottom, and has its outwardlyprojectingends passed over the flaps E and up the sides of the box and united byaknot therefrom, like M M or NN in Fig. 8. Two

tapes may be used, one at M and the other at N, or one tape may bepassed from one of the slits M to the diagonally-opposite slit N, asindicated by the dotted lines 0 in Fig. 8.

Fig. 8 illustrates that the box may also be made from a body-blankconsisting of a plain strip of pasteboard by pasting the ends I and .Iof it togetherand then pasting the flaps D D of the bottom to the edgesP P of the body, so that the folding-crease falls in line with thecreases C in the b'odyblank, and the box after receiving its tapeandcover is ready for use, as in Fig. 1, with the flaps E turned upward andheld by the tape K. \Vhen this box is empty, it may be folded fortransportation either as in Figs. 3 or 4 indicated.

It will be understood that the folding ontward or inward of the sidesand bottom of the box is much a matter of and depends on which way thejoints,-croases,or incisions are made from the outer or inuorsido of theblanks. 'lhe flaps E serve the same purpose whether they are made as inFig. 1 or in Fig. 2. All corners of the box are folding.

Having thus described my invention, what I laim. and ill-sire to secureby Letters i'it'v out, is--- i l. A box having four folding corners, twoopposite solid sides, and two opposite sides being loose from the bottomand foldingat a central vertical line; the bottom of the box beingsecured in a folding manner to the two solid sides of the body, andhaving a ccntlal folding joint or crease in plane with the verticalcentral folding-creases in the sides, substantially as set forth.

2. A box havingfolding corners,'two opposite solid sides, and twoopposite sides being loose from the bottom and folding at a centralvertical line, a bottom secured in a folding manner to the base of thesolid sides, and having a central folding joint or crease in line withthe vertical joints in the sides, and the folding flaps E, for coveringand supporting the adjacent loose edges of the centrallyfolding sidesand bottom, substantially as set forth.

3. A box having folding corners, two opposite solid sides, and twoopposite sides being loose from the bottom and folding at a centralvertical line, a bottom secured in a folding manner to the base of thesolid sides, and having a central folding joint or crease in line wi hthe central vertical joints in the id s, t .n: flaps li, ll,snpporlinthe adjacent loose n'lges of the folding sides and the bot tom. and thetape, or tapes, inserted in the bo tOlH, crossing said flaps l), andbeing adapted to have the ends passcdupward and tied together on the topof the box, substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. A box having folding corners, two opposite solid sides, and twoopposite sides being loose from the bottom and folding at a centralvertical line, a l otmimsecured'ina folding manner to the base of thesolid sides, and having a central'folding jointo? crease in line with thecentral vertical creases in the sides, the flaps E, l, projecting outfrom the bottom of the box and being adapted to fold up to thecentrally-creased sides, and a tape or tapes secured in the bottom,crossing said flaps and being adapted to have the ends passed upward andtied together upon the top of the box.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MICHAEL J. KANE.

Witnesses:

A. M. CARLSEN, J. Q. ALLEN.

